Witness Protection Act, 1998 (Act No. 112 of 1998)

6. Security officers

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(1)The Director-General may request—
(a)the Secretary for Defence;
(b)the National Commissioner: South African Police Service;
(c)the Director-General: State Security Agency;

[Section 6(1)(c) amended by section 53 of the General Intelligence Laws Amendment Act, 2013 (Act No. 11 of 2013)]

(d)[Section 6(1)(d) deleted by section 53 of the General Intelligence Laws Amendment Act, 2013 (Act No. 11 of 2013)]
(e)the Commissioner: Correctional Services,

as the case may be, to second any member of the security services referred to in section 199(1) of the Constitution, or any correctional official in the employ of the Department of Correctional Services, as a security officer to the service of the Office in terms of the laws regulating such secondment.

 

(2)In order to achieve the objects of this Act and subject to the control and directions of the Director, a security officer seconded in terms of subsection (1) may exercise the powers and must perform the functions or carry out the duties conferred upon, assigned to or imposed upon him or her by the Director or a witness protection officer, or in terms of this Act, and shall, in the exercise, performance or carrying out of such powers, functions or duties, act in terms of the laws applicable to the Office.